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Hi Marcus,<br>
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marcus hall wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 07:03:39PM -0600, Jim Ockers wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Will,
I read the wikipedia page and the application I'm building could be
accurately described as a SMS Gateway. It will have an ethernet
connection, web interface/application, and internal applications to
handle sent & received messages. I can accomplish this with a USB
cell phone modem and a Linux box. (But not if the stupid* Novatel
USB modem has no AT commands for sending & receiving SMS messages.)
We aren't going to trunk into any telcos with SS7.
Jim
*I'll retract the "stupid" characterization in the event someone
from Novatel gets back to me with some helpful AT commands. Their
web site is spectacularly unhelpful with regards to this.
--
Jim Ockers, P.Eng. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net">ockers@ockers.net</a>)
Contact info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ockers.net/msi.html">http://www.ockers.net/msi.html</a>
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There is a standard extension to the AT comamnd set that is used to
talk to a GSM phone attached through the data cable. I don't recall
the etsi spec at the moment, but after a quick search the following
looks like a pretty good tutorial:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smssolutions.net/tutorials/gsm/sendsmsat/">http://www.smssolutions.net/tutorials/gsm/sendsmsat/</a>
The basic command to send the SMS is "AT+CMGS", so searching for that
gives a lot of relevant tutorial web pages if this is insufficient.
marcus hall
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marcus@tuells.org">marcus@tuells.org</a>
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Thanks, that link is actually helpful, and when I was getting text
messaging to work on the Sierra card on AT&T I used a page like
that to figure out the AT commands. The reason I punted and posted to
the CLUE list looking for help is because none of those commands work
with the Novatel USB stick. Behold:<br>
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ati
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Manufacturer: NOVATEL WIRELESS INCORPORATED<br>
Model: MC760 VERIZON <br>
Revision: Q6085BDRAGONFLY_V139 [Jul 02 2009 18:00:00]<br>
ESN: 0x5B4F8091 <br>
+GCAP: +CIS707-A, CIS-856-A, +MS, +ES, +DS<br>
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OK<br>
AT+CMGF=1<br>
ERROR<br>
AT+CMSP?<br>
ERROR<br>
AT+CMGS="+9702601261"<br>
ERROR<br>
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All of those commands work fine on the GSM modems I've tried. This
device is CDMA on Verizon and every GSM SMS command returns ERROR. The
web page you referenced contains information about GSM modems only. If
this Novatel CDMA device supports SMS text messaging the information
for how to use it is very well hidden and hard to find!<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jim<br>
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Jim Ockers, P.Eng. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net">ockers@ockers.net</a>)
Contact info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ockers.net/msi.html">http://www.ockers.net/msi.html</a>
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